I hope this sends a signal to the gaming industry that browser, phone, tablet games are not everything they are making them out to be. I hate it when I hear "The gaming industry is shifting toward..." casual mobile/browser games. Let's be real, Angry Birds is a phenomenon, and just because it is successful, it doesn't mean that that's where gaming is heading. Just because millions play Facebook games, it shouldn't dictate the future of the industry. At the end of the day, most of those people will fade away, while core PC, console and dedicated handheld gamers will still be buying. I don't like people losing their jobs, but over speculation of casual trends is the reason stuff like this happens. Publishers need to invest more in their bread and butter (gamers like us), and not so much in fads.

Free to play without value = no sell. I am not buying chickens, goats, and extra plots on my farm damn you Zynga. Just make it into a real game and sell it for $20 bucks with no microtransactions. People might actually like it if ya did that.

The good side of this is that you can buy Zynga's stock for cheap if anyone wants a percentage in the future.

Focus will naturally return once all three next gen platforms are out and raking in the $. This gen has simply gotten too old for some and they gone off to dally on PC, tablets, whatever. Most consumers will return.